Instead of numerals and letters, the familiar 5 x 5 grid is populated with a selection of items that you might see while on an interstate highway — clouds, trees, exit signs. More rare items include a cow, sailboat or (gulp) police car.

Once you make a find, you tap it to cover it with a marker. A second tap removes the marker, in case you made a mistake. The first player to get five in a row in any direction, as calculated by the objective computer, wins.

The larger $1.99 iPad version displays two boards at the same time,and you can flip them in case you want to play two boards side-by-side or back-to-back.

I wish there were preferences for easier or harder boards, and I didn’t like the way the large reset button was placed in close proximity to the bottom of the board, making it possible for a younger child to clear the board by accident.

Still, any app that got my children talking, and looking out the window, was worth the download price.

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